Petals in Ash

[Intro] Longing has traveled for a long time. Parting is like the falling of flowers. And meeting again takes years. [Verse 1] I kept your name in my pocket Like a coin worn smooth by rain Every street turned the same When you were gone The cups on the table stayed The window kept its frame But the house learned your silence And wore it like a bruise [Pre-Chorus] Yet the falling of flowers Takes but a single flash One soft break in the air And the whole world shakes [Chorus] Fall, fall, flowers fall One flash and it’s over Call, call, I still call Years pass like a shadow Fall, fall, flowers fall My hands stay empty Call, call, I still call Meet me again someday [Verse 2] I saw spring in the alley On a torn white page A petal on wet concrete Like a message from your face I tried to keep moving But the wound knew my name It opened with the morning Then closed when night came [Pre-Chorus] Yet the falling of flowers Takes but a single flash One soft break in the air And the whole world shakes [Chorus] Fall, fall, flowers fall One flash and it’s over Call, call, I still call Years pass like a shadow Fall, fall, flowers fall My hands stay empty Call, call, I still call Meet me again someday [Bridge] If you come back Bring the spring with you Bring the thread, bring the light Bring the part of me you knew I have waited in the dark I have worn the years thin Still your name lands on my tongue Like petals in the wind [Chorus] Fall, fall, flowers fall One flash and it’s over Call, call, I still call Years pass like a shadow Fall, fall, flowers fall My hands stay empty Call, call, I still call Meet me again someday